The Houstonian's Pecan Pie
Find this famous Pecan Pie from longtime Pastry Chef Catherine Rodriguez at both Olivette and The Manor House on The Houstonian property! Made with a homemade buttery flaky crust, real maple syrup, bourbon and Texas pecans.
Ingredients
Flaky Dough:
- 12 oz all-purpose flour
- 8 oz cold butter
- 5 oz ice water
- Âľ tsp salt
Pecan Pie Filling:
- 5 oz granulated sugar
- 4 oz light brown sugar
- 6 oz maple syrup
- 1 oz Bourbon
- 3 oz butter
- Âľ tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla
- 5 eggs
- 4 cups pecan halves
Instructions
For the Flaky Dough:
- Cut butter into flour and salt with paddle attachment.
- As soon as butter is cut into small pieces, the size of small peas, add water.
- Mix dough until it comes together. Do not over mix.
- Chill in refrigerator for 1½ hours.
- Roll dough out to 1/8” thickness.
- Form dough into 9” pie pan.
- Chill shell for 1 hour.
- Line pie shell with parchment and use pie weights to weight the shell down.
- Bake at 350° until golden brown.
For the Pecan Pie Filling:
- Heat up sugar, maple syrup, bourbon, butter and salt stirring occasionally.
- After butter has melted, boil for 1 minute.
- Let mixture cool.
- Add vanilla and temper eggs with mixture.
- Strain.
For Assembly:
- Place 4 cups of pecan halves at the bottom of tart shell.
- Fill pie filling to top of shell.
- Bake at 325ËšF until pie is set and slightly souffled.
Notes
Recipe and Image courtesy of The Houstonian.
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